Okura said Corduroy lived so long because he was active, wasn’t de-clawed and could fend for himself in the wild.

Corduroy, who lives in Sisters, was stripped of his title earlier this year when the the Guinness Book of World Records said a 30-year-old Siamese from Texas named Scooter was the world’s oldest, but that title was short-lived. Guinness later found out Scooter was dead.